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Manga: Japanese comics Mangaka: Japanese artists
What is Manga?
Comics or Manga? Infographic
Date: November 25, 2015
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Thesis: The cultural background, number of genres and content freedom are results of a market more integral in Japan than comics are in America.
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Main Resources:
60 Years of Japanese Comics By Paul Gravett
Beyond Culture By Edward Hall
Manga is Rhetoric
Date: January 20, 2016
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Thesis: Manga assembles . . . three Sophist, rhetorical terms in order to deliver an art form capable of locking each of its readers into their own imaginary world – the precursor of an entire cultural sect.
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Main Resources:
“Toward a Sophistic Definition of Rhetoric” By John Poloukos
Adult Manga Infographic Summary
Date: March 25, 2016
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Thesis: A simple infographic to summarize the content of Kinsella’s book.
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Main Resources:
Adult Manga: Culture & Power In Japanese Society By Sharon Kinsella
In Oral Truth: Manga Ethics & Censorship Podcast
Date: April 8, 2016
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Thesis: To discuss the history of manga censorship in Japan, what content some American audiences would prefer to have censored and the impact of the United Nations ban of child pornographic content on the manga community.
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Main Resources:
Adult Manga: Culture & Power In Japanese Society By Sharon Kinsella
Chapter 3: of East Meets West of Understanding Manga and Anime By Robin Brenner
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (2014) By Akagi Hirotaka
Manga in Japan’s Cultural Affairs Policy: Why Japanese Comics Could Not “Conquer America”?
Date: April 15, 2016
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Thesis: Manga was never really intended to “conquer America” by persuading the country to be more open-minded about typical, American, moralistic taboos. Manga were planned to be the foundations of an international market by showcasing Japan’s contemporary identity.
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Main Resources:
“Did Manga Conquer America? Implications for the Cultural Policy of ‘Cool Japan’” By Casey Brienza
Adult Manga: Culture & Power In Japanese Society By Sharon Kinsella
How Manga Conquered America
By Jason Thompson
The Evolution of the Otaku Panic: Executing Miyazaki Tsutomu & The UN Ban of Pornographic Manga and Anime
Date: April 27, 2016
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Thesis: The timing of Miyazaki’s execution in 2008 and the United Nations (UN) ban on child pornographic manga in 2014, has sparked another national debate about how the Japanese view the otaku community.
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Main Resources:
The Japan Times News Articles (various authors)
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